United Emirates: Italian firms dominate manufacturing awards
Dubai - Italian firms dominated the manufacturing industry awards at the debut Gulfood Manufacturing Industry Excellence Awards, held at the Armani Hotel Dubai, in Dubai, UAE. Italy’s Elettric 80 scooping ‘Greenfield Facility’ for its fully-integrated and automated system; and Italy’s A Due Si Squeri Donato & Co. winning ‘Cost Waste Reduction’ for Niagara, a revolutionary water-saving technology.
Gian Luca Catellani, commercial director, A Due Di Squeri Donato & Co, said: "This award brings industry-wide recognition for the company and the work we do to preserve our environment". "This is a milestone achievement that recognises our efforts in saving water – our planet’s most valuable resource - for a sustainable future", he said.
World’s leading pioneers in food ingredients, manufacturing, production, processing, packaging and supply chain won key recognition.
Held on the fringes of the ongoing event, the awards recognised best practices and innovation across the food manufacturing industry value chain, said a statement from the organisers.
With Gulfood Manufacturing split into five distinct components – automation, ingredients, manufacturing, processing and packaging, and supply chain – the 12 core awards were distributed across the show’s quintet of sectors, it said.